• ONE VOICE

    Thursday, February 18, 2021

    BRAG has signed up to the ‘One Voice’ alliance, with the express aim to show that different areas of Dacorum and groups/organisations stand firmly together against the Draft Local Plan.   “We the Chiltern Society, Chiltern Countryside Group, Grove Fields Residents Association (GFRA), Berkhamsted Residents Action Group (BRAG), Kings Langley & District Residents Association (KL&DRA), Berkhamsted Citizens and […]

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  • BRAG response to DBC Local Plan Consultation 2021

    Monday, February 15, 2021

    Find BRAG’s Full Response HERE If you wish to go through the consultation portal section by section (which really you should) , the full response will hopefully help you formulate your response to each section, though you do not have to respond to every section. However, please do use your own words where you can as your […]

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  • CPRE Herts Publish Preliminary Review of DBC Local Plan

    Tuesday, January 19, 2021

    CPRE Herts Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cpreherts/ ) has a lengthy post that provides very useful guidance as to a) the importance of responding to the Local Plan consultation, b) how people can respond c) what arguments residents may like to use in response to the Plan proposals. CPRE Herts preliminary review of DBC Local Plan consultation […]

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  • Map Of “Growth” Sites For Berkhamsted

    Monday, November 30, 2020

      “Growth Sites” automatically clear the first Planning hurdle by having outline planning permission automatically granted.!!!!!! Download your copy of the BCA DLP Map, show your neighbours – get them involved in the consultation at http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/planning-development/planning-strategic-planning/new-single-local-plan (Map courtesy of Berkhamsted Citizens)    

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  • Change.org Petition

    Monday, November 16, 2020

    https://www.change.org/p/dacorum-councillors-seek-to-urgently-defer-the-consultation-on-the-dacorum-draft-local-plan The Dacorum Draft Local Plan outlines in excess of 20,000 new homes across Dacorum. We would like to defer the Consultation on the Dacorum Draft Local Plan for two reasons: 1. If approval is given on Wednesday 18 November then the Consultation would run for an 8-week period during lockdown and over Christmas which […]

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  • Monday, November 16, 2020

    Dacorum Councillors Further to BRAG’s letter dated 9th November, BRAG would like to thank Councillors for taking time to read our letter and especially those who confirmed such in emails. BRAG would like to take the opportunity to respond to all Dacorum Councillors regarding a few points made in some of those replies. It is […]

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  • Letter To Dacorum Councillors

    Thursday, November 12, 2020

    Dacorum Councillors   Draft Local Plan 2020-2038 Consultation Berkhamsted Residents Action Group (BRAG) has detailed knowledge of Berkhamsted and has been pro- actively involved in the planning strategy for the Town for the last 10 years. We were actively involved and worked alongside the Planning team on the preparation and examination of the 2013 approved […]

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  • Letter To Berkhamsted Councillors On SPEOS Committee

    Thursday, October 15, 2020

    Re: Dacorum Local Plan 2020-2038 Dear Councillors, We are writing to you as a member of the Strategic Planning and Environment OSC in advance of your meeting on 23 September 2020. There are a number of major concerns listed below arising from the draft consultation paper you will be considering under item 6 of your […]

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  • Update To Members

    Thursday, October 15, 2020

    Dear Member, It has been a long time since we have been in touch because there has been nothing to act on – Dacorum haven’t even bothered to properly analyse and respond to the 2017 Options consultation, while they have blatantly ignored any of our responses when formulating the new Draft Local Plan which is […]

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  • CPRE Herts Calendar

    Thursday, September 20, 2018

    CPRE Herts Calendar Featuring “South Berkhamsted” for September   For details on how to get your copy go to:   http://www.cpreherts.org.uk/shop-sp-85113922/calendar/item/2522-hertfordshire-countryside-under-threat-2019-calendar   All the land featured in the calendar are Greenbelt sites currently under threat and it is an excellent initiative to highlight the problem across Herts.

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Updates

Nov
28

BRAG’s Full Response to DBC’s Local Plan Issues & Options Consultation

BRAG may make the odd change to its response before deadline (13th December) if it is felt necessary, but to help residents formulate their responses please find below BRAG’s ‘draft’ full response or download in pdf form here: BRAG draft response to Issues Options(27thNov) Question 1            Do you agree with the conclusions reached in the Sustainability […]

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Nov
22

Comment On Growth Options

Please remember the Public Meeting at the Civic Centre  tonight (7.30pm) BRAG’s AGM is on Monday 27th November at The Court House (8pm) and BRAG will be publishing its draft response to Dacorum’s New Local Plan Issues & Options Consultation following that meeting. However, in the meantime, I would like to pick up on a […]

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Nov
14

Berkhamsted Sites

Download the Berkhamsted sites map and site details here: http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/default-source/strategic-planning/site-options-berkhamsted-maps.pdf?sfvrsn=4 http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/docs/default-source/strategic-planning/site-options-berkhamsted-board.pdf?sfvrsn=4 Or see screen shots below

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Nov
13

IMPORTANT DATES

Friday 17 November 2pm – 9pm  Local Plan Public Exhibition Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 161 High Street, Berkhamsted Wednesday 22 November 7.30pm Berkhamsted Town Council Public Meeting Berkhamsted Civic Centre, 161 High Street, Berkhamsted Monday 27 November 8pm BRAG AGM The Court House, Berkhamsted

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Nov
10

!!! AGM IMPORTANT CHANGE !!!

Due to exceptional circumstances we have changed the date of the AGM to Monday November 27th @ 8pm The Court House, Berkhamsted This is due to the very late announcement of a Town Council Public Meeting at the Civic Centre on 22nd November (7.30pm). Clearly it would be wrong for BRAG to go ahead with […]

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Oct
19

DBC Cabinet meeting 17th Oct – A Personal Report

On Tuesday night the six councillors who make up the DBC Cabinet duly approved the Local Plan draft consultation documents which will go out for consultation between the 1st November and 13th December. As democratic processes go it was hardly the most uplifting of spectacles. Sure there was a much bigger audience than usual – […]

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Dec
9

MINUTES OF 5th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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Nov
24

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON MONDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2016

  BERKHAMSTED RESIDENTS ACTION GROUP     AGENDA FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2016 AT THE COURT HOUSE BERKHAMSTED  AT 8.00 P.M.       Apologies for absence Minutes of AGM dated 30thNovember 2015 Chairman’s report To consider and approve BRAG’s accounts To receive any nominations for […]

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Feb
15

BRAG AGM minutes

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Feb
15

Consultation on the NPPF and BRAG’s response

The Department for Communities and Local Government are consulting on proposed changes to national planning policy. Full details can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/national-planning-policy-consultation-on-proposed-changes It is important to respond to this consultation. BRAG’s response and be found here. BRAG Response to the Consultation Paper on proposed changes to national planning policy

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Nov
13

BERKHAMSTED RESIDENTS ACTION GROUP

AGENDA FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2015 AT THE COURT HOUSE BERKHAMSTED AT 8.00 P.M.   Apologies for absence Minutes of AGM dated 24 thNovember 2014 Chairman’s report To consider and approve BRAG’s accounts To receive any nominations for officers/committee members Election of officers and committee: –  Chairman –  […]

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Nov
15

AGM

8pm 24th November 2014 at The Court House, berkhamsted.

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Jun
16

BRAG RESPONSE TO GREEN BELT REVIEW

BRAG has completed an analysis of the Green Belt Review commissioned by Dacorum Borough Council. BRAG asked DBC planning to go back to the authors of the report, SKM, to address factual errors and weaknesses in their report. DBC refused, so BRAG completed an analysis and have submitted it Berkhamsted Town Council, requesting that the […]

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Jun
12

GUI LEGAL CHALLENGE FAILS – 12th June 2014

All, You have all asked to be kept informed re the legal challenged lodged by GUI Ltd to Dacorum’s Core Strategy. I am pleased to confirm that the Judge Mr Justice Lindblom handed down his judgment in the High Court late this afternoon, and found in favour of the Council on both of the grounds […]

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AGM Minutes
Dec
5

AGM Minutes

MINUTES OF BERKHAMSTED RESIDENTS ACTION GROUP AGM 25 Nov 2013

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